AN ACT to amend and reenact §18-10A-2a of the Code of West
Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to changing the basis for
the county salary supplement equivalent pay rate for division
of rehabilitation teachers from the amount paid to teachers by
the board of education of the county in which facility in
which the teacher works is located to the amount paid to
teachers by the board of education of the county in which the
division of rehabilitation administrative headquarters are
located.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §18-10A-2a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 10A. REHABILITATION SERVICES.

§18-10A-2a. Rehabilitation teachers.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the
contrary, beginning July 1, 2012, rehabilitation teachers shall be
paid at the equivalent rate of pay of teachers, pursuant to section
two, article four, chapter eighteen-a of this code. Rehabilitation
teachers shall be paid outside the public school support plan,
defined in section one, article nine-a of this chapter, and shall
receive the equivalent of the salary supplement paid to teachers
employed by the county board within the county where the
administrative headquarters of the division are located, pursuant
to section five-a, article four, chapter eighteen-a of this code.
(b) For purposes of this section, the following words shall be
construed as follows:

(1) “Rehabilitation teacher” means any person employed by the
division and who meets the certification requirements of section
two-a, article three, chapter eighteen-a of this code, or who has
been certified to teach by a state or nationally recognized
organization, as approved by the office of the secretary of
education and the arts. The teachers shall maintain current
certification in their teaching areas in order to remain employed
and may teach only in the areas in which they are certified:
Provided, That teachers who were employed on or before April 1,
1995, are exempt from the following requirements: